Collins, Isaac Wright a Presbyterian minister, was born in Crawford County, Pennylsvania, August 25, 1833. He was educated at Westminster College, New Wilminigton, and studied theology in the Allegheny Seminary. He was licensed to preach by Lakes Presbytery in 1862, and became pastor successively at Neshannock and West Salem, Wisconsin. He died May 20, 1865. He was an earnest, pious, and zealous laborer in the Master's vineyard. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1866, page 259.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More